Dear Moms,
I see you struggling like the way I once did,
Wishing to laugh, but crying instead.
I see you holding your breath tightly,
The anxiety flowing through you rightly…
I see you clenching your fist,
Wishing that you didn’t exist.
I see you wishing, this wasn’t your life,
How motherhood is downplayed to a new wife.
How parenthood isn’t explained,
How the pain of loneliness doesn’t seem to go away.
How a mother has to struggle even harder,
How she has to push against society even further.
How she loses herself as she raises her own,
How her interests turn into stone…
But that doesn’t have to be anymore.
There is much more in store.
Every time a mother teaches a step,
That child will reap the blessings of the tears you’ve wept.
The secrets you shared, and the ones you have kept,
The times you’ve abandoned poison just to have felt…
The love of children and the magnitude of their joy,
Every time the child smiles while playing with a toy,
Cannot be replaced by the life of solitude,
Your sacrifices are just a step toward a better attitude.
Success in life is from what you put in,
You’re putting in well-mannered leaders in society called children.
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